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CCDBAngiospermsVelloziaceaeXerophytaXerophyta elegans (Balf.) Baker

3 chromosome counts in Xerophyta elegans (Balf.) Baker:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Xerophyta elegans (Balf.) Baker Xerophyta elegans (Balf.) Baker   48 IPCN online de Melo, N. F., M. Guerra, A. M. Benko-Iseppon & N. L. d. Menezes. 1997. Cytogenetics and cytotaxonomy of Velloziaceae. Pl. Syst. Evol. 204: 257–273.
!   Talbotiopsis elegans (Balf.) L. B. Sm. Xerophyta elegans (Balf.) Baker 24-26   IPCN online Goldblatt, P. & M. E. Poston. 1988. Observations on the chromosome cytology of Velloziaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 192–195.
!   Vellozia elegans (Balf.) Talbot ex Hook. Xerophyta elegans (Balf.) Baker   ~48, 52 Fedorov, 1974 Svensson-Stenar 1925